The Women's March was a triumph – but now we must learn to live with Trump

Banners carried during the anti-Trump Women's March through central LondonCredit:
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Wycombe Abbey may well be the best school in the country. When it comes to exam results, the independent girls’ school knocks the boys into a straw boater. In November, as it became clear that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States, shrieks and wails were heard coming from the boarding houses.

Instinctively, the girls understood that Trump’s victory was a personal insult. What does it matter if you are a bright young woman, immensely hard-working and convinced you are the equal of any boy, when the most powerful man on earth believes his celebrity gives him the right to grab you by the private parts?